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09-21-2010, 08:01 PM
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Not at all. The situation is this: The FreeBSD...
Not at all. The situation is this: The FreeBSD project often has servers donated in the US, but one of our colocation facilities (again, donated) is in Canada. Sometimes there are issues at the...
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09-21-2010, 06:06 PM
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Canadian colocation -- magic words to avoid import duties?
A question for Canadian colocation companies with customers from outside Canada, or for people outside Canada who have servers colocated in Canada: What do you find is necessary to get servers into...
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06-17-2010, 09:18 AM
Thread: 123Backup - Idea in Specialty Hosting and Markets
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I'm not quite sure why this thread came back from...
I'm not quite sure why this thread came back from the dead, but I have to disagree here -- storing cold data does not need large amounts of RAM. My backup service stores terabytes of data, but the...
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05-05-2010, 01:26 AM
Thread: Daily Backups in Reseller Hosting
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You're both wrong, actually -- but tim2718281 is...
You're both wrong, actually -- but tim2718281 is closer to correct.
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04-18-2010, 11:18 AM
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I don't use cpanel, but just a thought -- on most...
I don't use cpanel, but just a thought -- on most operating systems, error code 2 is ENOENT. Are you sure the directory you're trying to archive exists?
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04-13-2010, 05:59 AM
Thread: How do you do your server's backup? in Dedicated Server
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I recommend reading the WHTwiki page about...
I recommend reading the WHTwiki page about backups to get some idea of what you should be looking for: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/wiki/Backups
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04-10-2010, 05:02 AM
Thread: 123Backup - Idea in Specialty Hosting and Markets
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That's overly simplistic. There are lots of...
That's overly simplistic. There are lots of reasons for not wanting to store your backups in a way which allows other people to read them.
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01-31-2010, 10:46 AM
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In the past, law enforcement agencies have asked...
In the past, law enforcement agencies have asked web hosts to leave such sites online because said agencies want to monitor who is visiting. I have no idea if this is the case here; but if it is,...
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12-29-2009, 01:53 AM
Thread: Have You Done Random Acts of Charity? in Web Hosting Lounge
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I'm donating all the profits I make in December...
I'm donating all the profits I make in December to the FreeBSD Foundation, but it's not really a random act of charity -- I'm a FreeBSD developer and I see the benefits of the work the Foundation...
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12-29-2009, 01:36 AM
Thread: FTP Backups in Specialty Hosting and Markets
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I recommend not using FTP. Seriously, use...
I recommend not using FTP. Seriously, use SSH/SCP or rsync or HTTP PUTs or r1soft or something else, just PLEASE don't use FTP.
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12-25-2009, 09:24 PM
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What sort of attackers are you concerned about? ...
What sort of attackers are you concerned about? Script kiddies? Black hats? Nation-state actors?
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12-21-2009, 10:32 AM
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Yes, I'd recommend looking for hardware errors at...
Yes, I'd recommend looking for hardware errors at this point.
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12-20-2009, 09:56 PM
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That's not necessarily good enough. It's harder...
That's not necessarily good enough. It's harder to keep two servers secure than just one; as most WHTers will be aware, it's not unheard of for a server to be compromised via its backups.
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12-20-2009, 09:53 PM
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I'd say more likely RAM than disk space; but...
I'd say more likely RAM than disk space; but either way, this being a signal 9 (SIGKILL) it isn't likely to be related to tar(1). Something is seriously unhappy on that box -- my guess is that...
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12-20-2009, 09:45 PM
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Ok, apparently there is more than one Tarsnap...
Ok, apparently there is more than one Tarsnap user here. :-)
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12-20-2009, 09:40 PM
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Yeah, I'm not a very good web designer. Some day...
Yeah, I'm not a very good web designer. Some day I might hire someone to make the Tarsnap website look better... or maybe not. Many geeks like my style of web design. :-)
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12-05-2009, 12:48 AM
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Almost right. Sockets are not archived -- as...
Almost right. Sockets are not archived -- as POSIX comments, "Attempts to archive a socket using ustar interchange format shall produce a diagnostic message."
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12-02-2009, 10:11 PM
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Well, actually, the FreeBSD Foundation could use...
Well, actually, the FreeBSD Foundation could use some more money: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ :-)
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12-02-2009, 09:27 PM
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Anyone who uses FreeBSD and cares about security...
Anyone who uses FreeBSD and cares about security should be subscribed to the freebsd-security-notifications mailing list.
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12-01-2009, 11:29 PM
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We're still working on the advisory. It should...
We're still working on the advisory. It should be out tomorrow.
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12-01-2009, 10:54 PM
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Not quite that fast. It took me 3 hours and 15...
Not quite that fast. It took me 3 hours and 15 minutes -- approximately 30 minutes before I saw the report, 90 minutes to track down what the problem was, 30 minutes to prepare the patch, 30 minutes...
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11-01-2009, 02:37 AM
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It looks like it's built into cpanel, based on...
It looks like it's built into cpanel, based on the binary's path; I don't use cpanel, so I can't help you here, but hopefully someone else reading this will know cpanel and be able to tell you what...
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11-01-2009, 02:33 AM
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Can you try disabling analog log processing? ...
Can you try disabling analog log processing? It's chewing up a *lot* of RAM.
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11-01-2009, 02:32 AM
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At this point the load has already dropped -- you...
At this point the load has already dropped -- you need to get the data from top earlier -- there will probably be a point where you see "Tasks: ... <some really big numbe> running" and that's when...
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11-01-2009, 02:28 AM
Thread: Backup Recommendations in Hosting Security and Technology
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There are two sides to every coin. Working at...
There are two sides to every coin. Working at the disk block level makes R1Soft simpler, but it has disadvantages too: R1Soft uses far more bandwidth -- often mirroring blocks written as part of...
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